健康保健:小小水果皮竟能幫你遠離癌症
Drop the peeler — eating the skins of fruit and vegetables could boost your nutritional intake of vitamins, combat cancer and increase your energy levels. Here, we reveal the fruit and vegetables you should try to eat whole...
丟掉削皮機吧，吃蔬菜和水果的“果皮”更加能有效地促使人體吸收維生素、達到精力充沛的目的。以下是專家建議可以“連皮吃”的水果。 
Kiwi fruit
奇異果
The hairy skin of the kiwi fruit is high in antioxidants and thought to have anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergenic properties, says Dr Glenville
奇異果的皮具有很高的“抗氧化性”，專家證實多吃奇異果能起到抗癌、抗炎症、抗過敏的效果哦。
HOW TO EAT IT: If regular kiwi skin is too tart for you, opt for ‘gold’ kiwi fruit (?1.99 for four, ), which have sweeter, less hairy skins, but with the same benefits. Use the skin if you are juicing the fruit.
食用方法：如果吃普通的奇異果覺得果皮的毛太多的話，專家建議吃一種叫“金奇異果”的品種，該品種的奇異果“果上絨毛”會少一些、口感更甜。
Broccoli
花椰菜；西蘭花
Those neat little florets look more appealing, but there’s every reason to eat the stalks, too. ‘Broccoli stalks can be less flavourful than the florets, but they are notably higher in calcium and vitamin C,’ says Dr Glenville. The stalks are also high in soluble fibre, so you’ll feel fuller for longer.
西蘭花整齊的“菜莖”看起來很誘人，但是衆人可能不知道西蘭花的口感不那麼好的“莖稈”部分卻富含了豐富維生素C以及鈣，此外，“莖稈”富含高度水溶性纖維（Soluble Fibre），更容易讓身體吸收，有助於輕鬆排便。
HOW TO EAT IT: Simply shred the stalks into thin strips and add to stir-fry or serve steamed.
食用方法：將莖稈切絲狀，用旺火炒或者隔水蒸。
Bananas
香蕉
Researchers in Taiwan discovered banana peel extract can ease depression as it is rich in serotonin, the mood-balancing chemical. The skin was also found to be good for eyes, as it contains the antioxidant lutein which protects eye cells from exposure to ultraviolet light — a leading cause of cataracts.
在臺灣省的研究者發現香蕉皮的提取汁富含血清素，這種化學物質可以起到安撫人們情緒的效果。此外，香蕉皮富含“葉黃素”，它可以防止紫外線對眼睛的侵害、更可以避免患白內障的風險。
HOW TO EAT IT: The research team advises boiling the peel for ten minutes and drinking the cooled water or putting it through a juicer and drinking the juice.
食用方法：建議用開水將香蕉皮“煮”10分鐘，等水涼以後，飲水水即可。或可以混合其他果汁一起飲用。
Garlic
大蒜
Garlic skin contains six separate antioxidant compounds, according to research from Japan. ‘Peeling garlic cloves removes the phenylpropanoid antioxidants which help fight the ageing process and protect the heart,’ explains Dr Glenville.
日本學者研究證實，大蒜皮富含6種不同成分的抗氧化的化合物，剝去大蒜皮也同時去除了其中的抗氧化物質，而這種物質有“抵抗衰老”以及“保護心臟”的功能。
HOW TO EAT IT: Drizzle olive oil over half or even a whole garlic head, then add to your baking tray when cooking a roast dinner or oven-baked Mediterranean vegetables.
食用方法：用橄欖油“連皮”烤大蒜的方法食用，或放進烤箱烹飪也不賴哦。
